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Q -- COLLECTING INFORMATION ON SINGLE USED DEVICES HOSPITALES ARE REPROCESSING AND REUSING SOL 175912 DUE 062600 POC Ida Cofield, Contract Specialist, 301/827-7156, Fax 301/827-7039 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis to The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)for the following sevices: To expand its survey process of the 800 hospitals on their summer to winter 2000 inspectional schedule to include (1)Collecting information on what single-used devices hospitals are reprocessing and reusing, (2) Determining whether hoptitals that are engaged in reprocessing single-use devices are aware that they must comply with FDA's registration and listing regulation; and (3) Disseminating FDA prepared information on FDA's regulatory requirements for hospitals that are engaged in reprocessing activities. Deliverables: JCAHO will provide (1) A written list of single-use devices currently reprocessed in hospitals and (2) A written report that will aggregate the information the Joint Commission collected on hospitals' awareness of their regulatory obligation to register and list with the agency. The period of performance will be approximately from the date of award through six (6)months. Simplified Acquistion procedures will be used in accordance with FAR Part 13. All responsible sources who can provide and meet the above requirement shall submit a response by mail or fax. No solicitation will be issued, therefore such request for solicitation will be considered non responsiive. Evaluation/Award will be made on the quote offering the best value to the govrnment. FAR provisions can be found at the following web site:http;//w.w.w.arnet.gov. The purchase order is being issued on a sole source basis because the service is only available fron the above referenced contractor. Posted 06/09/00 (W-SN463193). (0161)

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